Stories for April 2007

Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Wolfowitz “damaged his own credibility” and is urged to resign

Senior former World Bank employees have urged beleaguered president Paul Wolfowitz to resign arguing he can no longer be an effective leader. Wolfowitz has admitted having helped his girlfriend win a promotion and pay rise.
Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
A trip through Latin America's Socialist-populist blends

Brazilian president Lula da Silva is scheduled to visit Argentina and Chile, next Thursday and Friday with energy integration and trade as the main formal issues; but a trip that can also be described as an incursion through Latinamerica's different Socialist populist “blends”.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands never invited to compete in Panamerican Games

Sports officials from the British colony in the Islas Falklands, whose sovereignty Argentina claims, said they have never been invited to participate in the Panamerican Games, according to the Italian agency ANSA desk in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina distributes 2007 toothfish quotas totaling 2.500 tons

Argentina's Under Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced toothfish quotas for the 2007 season of 1.750 tons, according to Resolution 132/2007, according to La Prensa de Santa Cruz.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Deadly quake and “mini tsunami” strike south Chile

Search and rescue efforts continued in Region XI Sunday, one day after a substantial earthquake and subsequent “mini tsunami” struck near the towns of Puerto Aysén and Puerto Chacabuco. So far authorities have located the bodies of three people who were swept away Saturday by massive waves in the Aysén Fjord. Seven others are still missing.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's next move: Malvinas issue to UN Assembly

Argentina's next ambassador before the United Nations Jorge ArgÃÃ‚Â¼ello has as his main instruction to move the sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to the UN General Assembly as part of a more political approach to the issue by President Nestor Kirchner's administration, according to Buenos Aires press.
Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US and EU add efforts in support of a “strong dollar”

United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson weekend statements in support of a “strong dollar” don't seem to have convinced markets as the greenback looks ready to slide past a two year low against the Euro.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Almirante Irizar back in Argentina, “85% recovered from fire”

Argentine icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” arrived Friday night to Puerto Belgrano naval base ten days after a fire ravaged the generator room forcing the evacuation in mid South Atlantic of 300 people, including crew members and scientists on their return from Antarctica.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Madrid offers possible way out to deadlock

Uruguay and Argentina with the facilitating efforts of the Spanish Crown seem to have found this week in Madrid a possible way out for the deadlock over the pulp mills controversy which has soured bilateral relations between the neighboring countries.
Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bank of the South initiative with Latam increased support

The Inter-American Economic Council held a high level Public Summit focused on Building Sustainable Societies in Latin America. The Summit's key objectives were to focus on Economic Development Opportunities for the poor impoverished communities of Latin America and the Caribbean and examined ways to encourage the private sector to focus on establishing and expand its corporate social responsibility programs in the region.